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Post by dogfish7 (R.I.P.) on Sept 26, 2017 17:50:32 GMT -6
My finger's tired, from scrolling down so long. Awesome work on the Mill Mark.
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Post by Dukemaddog on Sept 26, 2017 22:30:54 GMT -6
Sorry about that Bruce. Production didn't stop on other Forums when Maddog Manufacturing went down on the Worx. Just wanted to be thorough. I appreciate the compliments very much. Hopefully more of this will be done soon.
Stay tuned, more to come soon I hope.
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Post by JED on Sept 27, 2017 3:49:53 GMT -6
Wow what an interesting mixture of kits going on there, very enjoyable catching up with it all 👍👍
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Post by Dukemaddog on Sept 27, 2017 6:16:02 GMT -6
Thanks Jed! I appreciate the compliment. I typically do a similar range of models mostly to keep myself from burning out on any one type.
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Post by ARMORGUY on Oct 5, 2017 2:19:04 GMT -6
Totally incredible production of supherb builds, I like this factory !
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Post by Robbo on Oct 6, 2017 15:55:19 GMT -6
I love this factory, so many things going on I love it, can't wait for more
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Post by Dukemaddog on Oct 6, 2017 19:39:56 GMT -6
Thanks for the great comments guys! Here is some more of what's happening here. This is my latest progress on a number of my models I finally got to work on. I'll start with my aircraft.... To start with, I finished the interior on the USAF Jetstream. It may not be accurate, but nothing much will be seen through those tiny windows anyway: Once that was done, I closed everything up: Then I saw all those sink marks everywhere. Time to bring out the Mr. Surfacer 500.... Later on I'll get that sanded. Thanks to a good friend, I managed to finally get the burner cans on my F/A-18 Hornet! They will need some touch up, but I'll now be able to finish this soon: I also masked off the tail end of the F-15 Strike Eagle to add the bare steel plating to the aft engine covers: I finished up the Eagle burner cans, adding some Tamiya blue weathering powder for exhaust nozzles to make them look more 'burned': First time I ever used that stuff for this. I'm not sure it turned out the best but hey, it's done. Here's the tail of this bird after I shot the steel. Somehow a lot of dust got kicked up so I'll have to buff this more smooth: Finally, because I was painting OD green on something else, I decided to use the remaining paint in the airbrush on the F-102 Dagger. I only masked and shot the wings so far. I'll need to re-shoot more on the fuselage later: Moving on to my ships, I started doing the many tiny detail parts on my Russian carrier Baku. These are tiny radar assemblies with six parts to each one, yet you can see the half-assembled part right here in the sprue by the instructions explaining how to build these. My Exacto is strategically placed for scale reference and to helpfully point to the assembly I'm trying to do: I have to make four of them. While these half-assemblies were drying, I moved on and added more to the superstructure/bridge assembly of this carrier. Newest parts in lighter grey: I also added about five more parts to the fore deck on the bow: I later assembled the two main guns and dry-fit them to the hull along with the superstructure to see how this was coming along and motivate myself to finish it: I also started the assembly of the air wing but since they are all in clear plastic, I'll wait till they're painted first to before trying to photograph them. Moving along again to my armor, I did make some small progress. Before, I had tried to seal some seams on the tank part of the fuel truck in my USAAF supply set. I finally got the OD green shot on that: I may still have to fix a few things on that but at least the worst of it is fixed. The SchturmTiger is now completed with all the photo etch parts on it. I also scratch built a new vision port for the driver since the kit one had gone on a trip to Oblivion. Mine is most likely too big, but it's on there and I'm done: I tried shooting a base coat of Panzer Dunklegelb on this but I appear to have thinned the paint too much. I'll wait till this dries, probably shoot a primer grey on it and then try again: Finally, since I was shooting paint on tanks, I decided to basecoat the two little Japanese tanks I'm doing. The Type 89 Early got a coat of grey. This was an experiment since I lost the color call out sheet for this tank; I have no idea the proper color to paint this so I'm trying different ones to see what looks best. This shade I think is too light: The other tank is camouflaged so; using the darkest-to-lightest practice, I shot the dark brown coat on the Type 89 Late tank: That will get the Silly Putty treatment later. While I had the brown out, I also shot the remaining ten Mules for the 20-Mule Team. I didn't shoot pics of them since they look just like the first ten when I shot them with a basecoat. Finally, I continued some experiments with my Star Destroyer to see what was the best way to bring out all that detail the most. First I shot a coat of Camouflage Grey over the whole thing: My first experiment involved Promodeler Wash. I slathered it on thick like it suggested: Later I wiped it off with a damp paper towel. It didn't turn out the way I expected it to so I played around with the Promodeler wash and camouflage grey drybrushing until I got this result on the bottom: Pics don't show this to good effect here but I'm quite happy with this result. Well, that's the latest update on my progress so far. I'm glad to finally see some of these move forward. I just wish I could get some of these done faster. I'll keep working on them. Meanwhile, comments are welcome, thanks for looking in.
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Post by BUCKY on Oct 6, 2017 19:46:45 GMT -6
A very healthy update, Mark! Yer moving in the right direction with these projects!!
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Post by Dukemaddog on Oct 6, 2017 22:15:08 GMT -6
I hope so Bucky! I'm getting so tired of having so many unfinished projects!
Thanks for the compliments.
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Post by JCON on Oct 6, 2017 22:28:11 GMT -6
I see the plant is reaching maximum production levels quickly so Mark you best keep the safety meetings going as OSHA won't stay away for long... I really like the Starship weathering!!! Nicely done!!!
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Post by JCON on Oct 6, 2017 22:32:21 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on Oct 6, 2017 22:33:45 GMT -6
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Post by JCON on Oct 6, 2017 22:35:15 GMT -6
That little Japanese light tank is in Waikiki at the Army museum and thought the camo might be helpful for you...
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Post by BUCKY on Oct 6, 2017 23:06:12 GMT -6
That almost looks wacky, Joe!
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Post by CarlRF (R.I.P.) on Oct 6, 2017 23:08:13 GMT -6
Impressive mass of production Mark !!!
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Post by JCON on Oct 6, 2017 23:17:31 GMT -6
Yes it does Bucky but there were actual photos in the museum of this paint job and bizarre coloring...
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Post by BUCKY on Oct 6, 2017 23:44:43 GMT -6
Very interesting!!
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Post by JEFF on Oct 7, 2017 4:40:59 GMT -6
Roll on, Mark.
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Post by Dukemaddog on Oct 7, 2017 9:17:56 GMT -6
Thanks for the great comments guys! You truly do help me to keep going when I see all this support.
Thanks Joe for the pics, my camouflage pattern will be a bit darker; more of a jungle camouflage. I have some Gunze Sanyo Mr. Color Japanese tank camouflage colors that will be going on the one. It's just the grey tank I don't know what shade to use; it is a single color unlike the three-tone color of the Late version.
Thanks again everyone, your comments mean a lot to me. I'm certainly getting more here than I ever got at the Worx! That's what keeps me going!
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Post by SteveM on Oct 7, 2017 10:17:44 GMT -6
I’m amazed how you keep up the momentum fella, great builds every one I like the effect on the Star Destroyer, looks great. I went for a much less intense look but I think yours is more interesting.
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